Hi Yaroslav,
I think the description field is quite sparingly used - because people
already add the identifier. Theoretically it should be possible to add the
information that one would normally put in the description in the page from
the information we have in the database. I don't see this as a major
problem, although I do also see people who add more description. If they
upload directly from the lists on Wikipedia, the description from the list
is automatically transferred to the form too.
Best,
Lodewijk
2012/9/21 Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod(a)mccme.ru>
Dear all,
I noticed while categorizing images which were submitted for WLM 2012
Russia that almost all users (with the exception of the experienced Commons
uploaders) do not use the description field nor the name field
appropriately.
There are three common patterns:
1) (Minimalistic) The description field is not used, the name field is the
official name of the monument (copied from some list, in Russian). If there
are several photos of the same monument, an extra dot between .jpg (so that
the name is xxx..jpg) or numbers at the end are used.
2) The description is still not used, and the name becomes the
description: for instance (in Russian) Trinity Church, village of xxx, yyy
district, zzz oblast, well preserved, a very nice view from the bank of the
qqq River..jpg
3) The name is used, typically as in 1), but they copy extended texts to
the description (typically taken from some other internet resource).
Nobody categorizes images of course.
All of these patterns in my estimate are above 95% of the uploads.
Is it just Russia, or do other countries show similar patterns?
Cheers
Yaroslav
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